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1 day ago | startribune.com | Alexa St. John |Matthew Daly

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1 day ago | startribune.com | Beth Dooley

Spring is asparagus season, and it's finally here. I've been toting bundles of those brilliant green and violet stalks home from farmers markets - some skinny as pencils, others thick as my thumb. Let's be clear, there is no difference in flavor, nutrients or maturity between the thin and the thick stalks, just cooking time. Find fresh, local asparagus with tightly closed tips at our farmers markets and co-ops.

1 day ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

Minneapolis celebrated its first "High School Dance Day" last week at Hennepin Center for the Arts, and between the tap and hip-hop and Haitian folk fare, there was something for everyone. The audience? Dancers only, sharing with one another this year's work, and in turn, offering a glimpse of new moves to come to Minneapolis Public Schools.

1 day ago | startribune.com | Paul Wiseman |Lindsay Whitehurst

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes - tariffs - on almost every country on earth. The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he's gone too far and asserted power he does not have. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade holds the first hearing on the challenges Tuesday morning in New York.

1 day ago | startribune.com | Maya Sweedler

When Meghan Sells heads to Providence Park to watch Oregon's professional women's soccer team, she finds herself among a fairly mixed crowd - groups of young women, dads bringing their children, youth players checking out the Thorns' latest match.